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Poyen boys get in a win; girls split a pair

HASKELL — Before the ice storms hit last week, the Poyen High School basketball teams saw a little action in the Harmony Grove Invitational Tournament. The boys earned a 59-52 win over Bauxite on Tuesday, Dec. 3, while the girls absorbed their first loss of the season, 51-39, to the …

Stingers claim first league win 37-26 over White Hall

The Sheridan Freshman Academy Stingers are off to a 7-2 start this season and, last week, split their first two River City Conference contests. On Thursday, the Stingers earned their first league victory with a 37-26 decision over the White Hall Junior Bulldogs. That came on the heels of a …

Lady Stingers teams earn first league victories

The Lady Stingers of Sheridan Freshman Academy and Sheridan Middle School each earned victories in their first two River City Conference games last week. On Monday, the freshman team, now 8-1 overall, edged Watson Chapel, 28-24, on the road while the eighth grade squad, now 4-0, eked out a 24-21 …

Searcy rallies past Lady Jackets

The Sheridan Lady Jackets played a pair of games last week and absorbed their first two losses. In the first game at home against the Searcy Lady Lions, they ended a stretch of more than two weeks since their previous game at Rogers Heritage and, according to head coach Brian …

Poyen teams denied at District but play on in Region tourney

ENGLAND — Both Poyen teams will be seeded third at East Region Tournament at Carlisle this Thursday. The Lady Indians will play the host team at 7 p.m. The Indians will take on Brinkley at 8:30 p.m.

Jackets' sweep of Dollarway makes it nine wins in a row

The Sheridan Yellowjackets ran their winning streak to nine games by sweeping the Pine Bluff Dollarway Cardinals on Monday, March 31. The Jackets pinned 10-0 and 10-1 losses on the Redbirds as they prepared for a big week of South Conference games against rivals Benton and Bryant.

Lady Jackets drill Benton to highlight SHS week in soccer

Sara Rowland scored three goals and Kinsey Marsh two as the Sheridan Lady Jackets soccer team overwhelmed the rival Benton Lady Panthers in a South Conference match on Tuesday, April 1.

Nightmare sixth too much for Jackets to overcome vs. Bryant

The Sheridan Yellowjackets went toe-to-toe for five innings with perennial Class 7A power Bryant on Friday. Right-hander Tyler Raney had the Hornets blanked on four hits and, in the bottom of the fifth, the Jackets threatened to snap the deadlock.

Lady Jackets blank Benton in rough week for SHS soccer teams

The Sheridan High School soccer teams made their tour through Saline County last week and the highlight was the Lady Jackets’ sixth shutout win in 10 matches this season when, on Tuesday, they downed the Lady Panthers of Benton, 4-0. The Jackets suffered a rugged 1-0 loss to the Panthers …

Lady Jackets sweep three games including first two in conference

Outscoring their competition 18-5, the Sheridan Lady Jackets captured victories in their first two South Conference outings last week and, with a non-conference win of White Hall, upped their record to 7-1 overall this season. The 2-1 win over White Hall on Monday and an 11-3 win over Lake Hamilton …

Lady Indians improve to 3-0 with homers from Smith, Nichols

POYEN — Cassidy Nichols ripped a three-run homer and struck out 11batters in a 6-0 shutout as the Poyen Lady Indians improved to 3-0 on the seasonwith a win over Gurdon on Saturday.

Both SHS soccer teams continue unbeaten season

HOT SPRINGS — Both Sheridan High School soccer teams added totheir win totals last week by each beating their counterparts at Hot Springs onThursday, March 7.

Jackets forge three straight wins after early struggles

After a 1-3 start, the Sheridan Yellowjackets broke out with 12 hits to takeadvantage of seven walks and three errors in an 8-7 win over the Watson ChapelWildcats on Tuesday, March 5. The win started a three-game win streak as theJackets followed up with a 16-0 romp over Mena and …

Lady Jackets go 4-1 in first week of new season

The Sheridan Lady Jackets softball team was off to a 4-1 start to the 2013season with the lone setback a 2-1 nail-biter against Ashdown in the BentonInvitational Tournament on Saturday.

Lady Jackets' performance at tourney encouraging

ARKADELPHIA — The Sheridan Lady Jackets won two out of three games to open the season at the Ouachita Baptist University Invitational Tournament last week.